File system from list of files?

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Peter Dufault wrote:
> I did some searching but didn't see the answer -

Look at the netdemo for httpd and the "tar filesystem".  That provides
a way to load initial filesystem contents from a tarball either linked
with your application or placed in a known place in non-volatile memory.


> Is there a utility that I can run on Unix (or whatever development host 
> I'm using) where I can specify a list of files, and the utility will 
> generate C code that will implement a read-only POSIX filename file 
> system under RTEMS?
> 
> I'd like to be able to say "rtems_files -o config.c /config/foo1 
> /config/foo2" (or much worse "RTEMS_FILES /O config-c C:\config\foo1 
> C:\config\foo2") on the host and wind up with a config.c  source that I 
> can link into my rtems task, call at init time, and that will let me:
> 
> fopen("/config/foo1", "r");
> 
> successfully. /config/foo1 should be rom-based (C language const based 
> which one can hopefully romify).
> 
> If not, I'd like input as to how such a utility should work, and even 
> better since I'm busy, input as to why such a utility isn't needed.  (I 
> don't want constant access to a network so that can't be part of why it 
> isn't needed.)
> 
> Peter
> 
> Peter Dufault
> HD Associates, Inc.
> 


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